Bergen-Lafayette

Bergen-Lafayette is a section of Jersey City, New Jersey. The name Bergen takes its name from the original Bergen New Netherland settlement, and it corresponded to Bergen City, which existed from 1855 to 1870. John F. Kennedy Boulevard and Bergen Avenue were major north-south thoroughfares which ran through the neighborhood, which included neighborhoods such as West Bergen and Communipaw; it took its name from Bergen and from Lafayette Park (named for the Marquis de Lafayette, who was stationed there in 1780).